Wolf Trap Opera is committed to mentoring and furthering the careers of talented young opera artists. For 3 months every summer, industry-leading conductors, directors, designers, production managers, artistic directors, coaches, and guest faculty gather at Wolf Trap to make great opera and guide up-and-coming singers.
A core value of Wolf Trap Opera is to provide a noteworthy artistic experience for our artists to further their career growth, their knowledge of the industry, and the totality of their abilities. Every fall, Wolf Trap Opera travels around the country to multiple cities (this year’s audition tour took us to eight) in order to find the best and brightest young singing artists. We choose our repertoire once we have chosen the artists we are most excited to showcase, so that they can display their strengths. We look forward to bringing this summer’s amazing artists to our audiences.
Our 2025 Guest Faculty includes:
Tamara Wilson, soprano
Steven Blier, pianist, raconteur, recitalist
Kate Rigg, actor, activist and comedienne
Rachelle Fleming, musical theatre pedagogue
Cory Lippiello, CSA, Director of Artistic Programs at Lyric Opera of Chicago
and more to be announced!
WTO’s year-round staff includes Lee Anne Myslewski (Vice President), Ronald Lee Newman (Director, Artistic Operations), Christen Cain (Coordinator, Company Management), and Arianna Zukerman, (Manager, Artistic Administration).
During the summer season the Wolf Trap Admin Team adds, Renée Fleming (Artist Development Advisor), David Hanlon (Head of Music), David Margulis (Rehearsal Coordinator), and Tim McCormick (Director of Production for The Barns).
Wolf Trap Opera’s Lee Anne Myslewski
Lee Anne Myslewski has been an integral member of Wolf Trap’s Opera and Classical Programming team since 2006, hearing over 8,000 auditions and helping to cast the last 17 seasons of Wolf Trap Opera. She conceived of the UNTRAPPED series of programming in 2016 which has featured artistic partnerships with the Shakespeare Theatre, Taffety Punk, Halcyon, AMP at Strathmore, the Library of Congress, and the Phillips collection as well as ongoing partnerships with Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Georgetown, and with the National Orchestral Institute + Festival.
Myslewski also created the Artistic Advisor position for Chamber Music at The Barns collaborating with an artist or ensemble of significant influence in the field to help identify performers and repertoire for the acoustically superb Barns at Wolf Trap. She currently serves as Board Chair for OPERA America.